This week’s issue of “Our Economy and the World” includes:
Key Global and Regional Developments over the Past Week
- Reuters: US annual consumer price increase slows to below 3% as inflation ebbs
- Reuters: ECB to lower rates in Sept and Dec as inflation refuses to budge
- Reuters: UK inflation picks up less than expected, boosting rate cut bets
- Reuters: Japan’s business sentiment in Aug slips on China’s slowdown
Special Analysis
- World Bank: World Development Report 2024 – The Middle Income Trap
Developments in Financial and Commodity Markets in the Past Week
- BBC: Stock markets plunge as weak US jobs fuel fears
- Market Watch: Oil prices end lower after rise in U.S. crude inventories
